• articles in the Dictionary of National Biography:
  • "Anderson, John (1668?-1721)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (1726-1796)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (1789-1832)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (1795-1845)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (fl.1799)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (d.1804)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (1805-1855)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (fl.1816)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
  • "Anderson, John (fl.1825)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• articles in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
  • "Anderson, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• articles in the Complete Encyclopaedia of Music:
  • "Anderson, John," by John Weeks Moore in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company (1880)

See also John Anderson and Author:John Anderson.